I've got pictures

YAHOO!!!  I got my camera and computer to be friends again.  Now I can post some great pictures.

First of all here is my grandson Thomas Jared Foote.  Doesn't he look great with his awesome mommy and daddy!!   These pictures are a little over a month behind in getting posted, and so you will have to go to Julianna's blog to see how much he has grown.  (Just click on their link to the right, Our Foote~Steps, and it will take you there.)

Thomas's blessing day

3 generations of Foote's

A proud Grandpa

Grandma loves you

 Now for other updates in the Foote family life.  The following are pictures of Elena and her fun adventure with her knee surgery

Here is Elena on her way to have her knee operated on.  Aimee has lots of things to entertain her as she goes to visit her Grandma.

This is Elena before her surgery.  She is excited to get this over with and to get her life back to normal.  

We love you Elena!!  All kinds of things to make her feel better.  The bear, well Brian encouraged the family to get it for her because it is just a cool thing to have.  Sprite is huge and huggable and Elena loves it!

This is Elena 2 days after surgery on her way to the Mormon Prom Ü

This is what's hiding under the dress

Kacie was a huge help in getting Elena ready.

Last Day of School

Yahoo!!!  Everyone has successfully completed another year of school

Allan had his 5th grade award assembly and was honored with having all A/B honor roll all year, patrols, E in conduct all year, assistant to the assistant principal, and robotics.  Awards were over with at 9:30 and the principal welcomed us to take our kids home if we wanted.  So without hesitation, I took Allan and Darin out early Ü  We went swimming and are all sunburned now.

Elena passed all her TAKS test and has no more test for her Senior year.  Kacie is sooooo happy to be done with Biology!!!!

We went to Ryan Chapman's Eagle Court of Honor tonight and then Elena and Kacie invited a group of friends over to play night games.

It has been a fun day!

Memorial Day

It was a good Memorial Day.  We invited the Riding family for lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Foote.  I made a salad for me - broccoli/pea,  one for Jeff - carrot/raisin, and an orange/marshmallow salad for the kids Ü

We enjoyed grilling hamburgers & hotdogs on Jeff's new grill - yum, yum!!

The kids are back in school for 3 more days!!!  Allan is portraying John F. Kennedy in a come alive living history event today.  Aimee and I went to see him and he did a fantastic job.  Elena and Kacie are taking finals and Darin took a board game, Guess Who, to play today. 

Darin shared with us his interesting philosophy about eating and being full.  Your stomach has two sides.  The everyday food side and the dessert side.  Just because the everyday food side is so full and you can't eat another bite, the dessert side can still be empty.  Ü 

For Jeff's birthday, we enjoyed fajittas and apple pie al la mode and then he was off for the rest of the night interviewing bishops.

Elena is doing great with her leg.  She is now getting around without her crutch and life is oh so sweet for her now.

Allan has his 5th grade pool party today.  He informed me that it wouldn't hurt his feeling if I didn't make it to the pool party.  I asked him to be honest with me if  he really wanted me to come and he responded, "If I told the truth would it hurt your feelings?" I reasured him it wouldn't and so he said, "no".  I had to smile and I appreciated his thoughtfullness to not offend me. 

A Big Surprise

Monday a package came in the mail for me.  It was from Amazon addressed to me.  I called Jeff because I knew he had purchased something and wondering if he knew what the package could be.  He totally surprised me and sent me a Kindle for my birthday!!!!!  A Kindle is basically an electronic book.  I can download just about any book I want and have it stored on my Kindle.  I am so excited to have it.  My first book is vol. 8 of the Prelude to Glory books.  Ü

 

Today we took Grandpa and Grandma Foote to The Cheesecake Factory in celebration of Grandpa's and Jeff's birthdays.  It was way yummy again.  This time I shared a strawberry cheesecake with Aimee.

I'm getting ready to take Jeff out to shop for his present (a grill) and while we're gone, Elena & Kacie will get the house ready for a big surprise party for Jeff's birthday.  He has bishop interviews tomorrow so we're going to celebrate tonight.

New Experience

It has been a good Sunday.  I was asked to lead the music in sacrament meeting today.  That was a first time experience for me.  They were desperate to have someone.  My knees were shaking and I thought to myself, this is ridiculous.  I can lead music there is no need to be nervous. Ü

I have extended an invitation to all my family members to follow along with our blog.  I hope it will be rewarding to those who follow and help to keep our families closer together as we are expanding.  I am so grateful for all of my family both mine and Jeff's. We have so much to offer one another and I hope this will help strengthen the ties that bind us together.

Broadway Bank Picnic

Broadway Bank had their annual family picnic and this year it was at the San Antonio Zoo. It is fun to see the animals and I am always amazed at Heavenly Father's creations. I think He had fun and used a little bit of a sense of humor when it came around to creating some of the animals. I love his use of colors and designs especially in the birds. The Okapi is an animal that is a cross between a giraffe, zebra. This is a rare animal and our zoo is lucky to have one

As always the big hit for any bank picnic is the food. We enjoyed yummy hamburgers, hotdogs, potatoe salads, chips, soda and the favorite - ice cream.